Thank you, witnesses, for coming here today.
I'm going to focus a bit on the Upper Thames River, because I think I'm a little bit more experienced with rivers than with lakes.
I am interested in some of the things you've identified. Quite clearly you consider this to be one of the areas of great concern in the Great Lakes. The World Wildlife Fund gave you an overall poor score on the river. They especially noted water flow. Are there lots of diversions out of the river? Does the flow rate change quite dramatically over the course of the year?